The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2138
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
11:45 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2669
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 26.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.94° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.07° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.