The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2182
Waning Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
3:45 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3213
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.79° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.58° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.