The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2198
Waning Gibbous
65.1% 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
11:35 PM
1:28 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3411
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 | 252.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.19° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.29° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.