The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1928
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
9:22 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 66
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 | 21.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 124.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.39° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.50° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.