The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
4:26 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1587
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 | 131.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 32.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.41° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.53° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.