The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 1908
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -182
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 | 242.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -23.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.95° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.91° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.