The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 1930
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
12:05 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 90
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.42° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.56° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.