The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1923
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 4
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 | 60.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.80° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.91° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.