The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
4:23 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 276
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 | 116.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 37.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.95° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.56° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.