The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2196
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
6:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3387
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 159.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.51° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.19° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.