The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2094
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
5:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2125
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 9.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.06° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.14° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.4° |
| 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.