The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2126
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
11:38 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2521
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 | 71.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 101.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.89° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.44° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.76° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.