The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 1916
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
7:51 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -83
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -26.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.22° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.31° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.