The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2037
Waxing Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
1:19 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1414
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.26° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.