The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2160
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2941
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 | 257.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.87° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.88° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.