The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2078
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
8:19 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1927
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 329.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.38° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.04° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.