The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2097
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
8:23 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2162
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 | 187.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 329.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.98° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.84° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.