The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1906
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
5:27 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -207
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 196.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / -0.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.99° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.55° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.