The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 2033
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
12:03 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1364
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.51° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.54° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.25° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.