The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
4:55 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 684
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 | 161.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 16.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.36° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.01° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.