The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 1970
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
5:24 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 585
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 344.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.49° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 195.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.