The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
4:30 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3065
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 | 144.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 21.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -7.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.98° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.27° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.