The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
4:34 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1216
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.63° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.36° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.