The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1904
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
12:00 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -231
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.78° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.50° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.