The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1973
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
7:58 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 622
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.31° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.50° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.