The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2089
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
9:48 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2063
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 | 205.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.75° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.44° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.