The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 2011
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1092
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 | 228.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -23.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.55° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.39° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.