The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:54 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 41
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.67° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.84° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.