The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1900
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
10:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.68° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.52° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| 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.