The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2145
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
11:41 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2756
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.61° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.96° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.