The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2132
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
4:03 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2595
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 | 140.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 28.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -9.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.72° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.70° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.0° |
| 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.