The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2152
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2842
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.99° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.52° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.