The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 1989
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
6:36 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 820
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 | 185.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 305.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.39° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.84° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 150.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.