The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 2049
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1562
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 | 227.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.35° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.00° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| 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.