The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
2:34 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2224
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 56.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.02° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.89° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.