The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
4:16 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -58
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.53° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.75° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.