The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
3:37 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 511
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 47.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.12° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.26° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.