The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 2023
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
10:18 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1241
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 108.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.02° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.39° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.