The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1946
Waning Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 288
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 | 237.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -24.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.28° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.31° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.