The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
2:36 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1853
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 | 120.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -10.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.90° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.73° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.