The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
6:47 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3201
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 348.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.00° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.90° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.