The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2117
Waning Crescent
19.5% 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
3:00 AM
4:52 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2409
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 | 307.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.01° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.01° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.