The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
3:54 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 122.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 5.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.54° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.73° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.