The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1915
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
1:18 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -95
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 | 79.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.79° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.26° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.