The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
75.2% 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
4:02 PM
2:34 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2694
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.89° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.28° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.