The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 1905
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
7:32 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.94° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.91° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.