The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 2014
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
12:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 261.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.72° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.44° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.