The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 2039
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
6:42 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1438
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 170.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.01° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.24° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.