The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1954
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
7:21 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 387
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 | 218.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -24.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.07° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.73° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.