The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
2:12 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2088
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 | 116.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.24° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.12° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.