The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
3:43 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3399
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 | 132.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -2.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.19° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.07° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| 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.