The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
5:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1488
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 | 151.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 6.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -0.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.54° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.95° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| 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.