The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2073
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
12:41 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1865
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 | 241.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.47° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.62° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| 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.