The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
3:34 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 138.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / -0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.00° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.67° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| 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.