The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2108
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
9:12 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2298
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 | 198.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 317.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.04° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.07° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| 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.