The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2187
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
11:49 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3275
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 | 228.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.66° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.91° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.