The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2084
Last Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2001
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.85° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.01° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.