The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
2:55 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 746
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.64° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.65° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.