The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2174
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
4:55 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3114
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 | 314.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 217.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 6.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.05° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.24° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.