The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2168
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
12:55 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3040
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 291.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.59° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.27° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.