The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
4:49 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 207.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -1.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.94° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.18° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.