The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 1924
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
7:31 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 16
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 294.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.21° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.72° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.