The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2070
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
9:47 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1828
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 313.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.11° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.63° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.