The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 2001
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
6:21 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 968
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 | 336.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 175.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / -1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.17° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.84° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.