The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
4:06 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 126.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 4.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.01° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.94° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.