The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2135
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
7:21 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2632
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 8:18 PM, is deepest at 9:01 PM and ends at 9:43 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.72° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.