The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 1995
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
12:23 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 894
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.99° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.62° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.