The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2131
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
7:23 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2583
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 147.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.56° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.57° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.