The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2090
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
6:06 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2075
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 178.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.78° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.08° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.