The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% 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
4:08 PM
3:01 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3164
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.88° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.86° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.