The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1938
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
10:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 189
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.49° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.91° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.