The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2128
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
5:43 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2545
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 192.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.57° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.49° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.