The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1984
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
10:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 758
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.90° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.90° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.