The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 2071
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
6:04 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1840
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 | 340.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 178.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.79° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.28° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.