The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
6:40 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1154
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 329.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.92° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.