The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
3:47 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1989
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 | 134.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.77° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.53° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.