The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2173
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
8:28 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3102
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 | 187.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 331.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.53° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.