The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2087
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
4:10 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2038
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 229.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.26° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.92° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.