The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 2030
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1327
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 | 229.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.98° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.19° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.