The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
4:56 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 313
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 21.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / 0.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.03° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.06° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.