The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1935
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
7:01 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 152
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 | 213.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -24.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.32° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.93° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.