The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
4:57 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 78
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 | 154.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 21.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.30° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.87° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.