The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 2003
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
10:27 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 993
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 | 246.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.98° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.01° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.