The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
4:24 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 548
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.49° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.41° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.