The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2149
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
1:03 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2805
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.58° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.47° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.