The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2119
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
11:06 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2434
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.29° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.28° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.