The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2077
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
9:34 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1915
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 | 52.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -25.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.14° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.44° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.