The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 2007
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
12:48 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1043
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 | 57.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 71.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 28.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.94° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.05° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.