The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
4:24 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 783
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 | 141.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.05° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.62° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.