The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2157
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
12:02 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2904
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 305.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 52m / 26.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.94° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.86° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.