The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 1950
Waxing Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
11:55 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 338
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 | 47.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 27.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.42° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.75° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.