The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2158
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
6:05 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2916
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 | 353.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 166.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.75° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.57° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.