The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2088
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2051
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.39° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.99° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.