The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
5:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1253
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 | 154.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 1.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.35° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.53° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.