The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2179
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
1:05 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3176
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.10° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.54° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.51° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.