The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1968
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
1:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 560
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 | 293.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 232.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.79° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.17° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.