The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 1921
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
12:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -22
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.86° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.65° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.