The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2069
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
11:30 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1816
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.66° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.80° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.