The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1966
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
8:19 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 536
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 | 9.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.2° / 144.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.03° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.10° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.