The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2154
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
8:01 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2867
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 4:50 AM, is deepest at 5:20 AM and ends at 5:49 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 335.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.29° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.