The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 2000
Waning Gibbous
91.5% 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
11:16 PM
8:43 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 956
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 | 213.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.62° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.20° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.