The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
4:44 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 158.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 20.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.62° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.83° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.