The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1940
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
5:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 9:29 PM, is deepest at 11:25 PM and ends at 1:22 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 357.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.69° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.46° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.