The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2120
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
5:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2446
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 | 349.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 170.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.34° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.15° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.