The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1927
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
8:33 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 53
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 | 231.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 270.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -22.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.79° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.53° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.