The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 2082
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
6:20 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1976
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 161.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.01° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.75° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.