The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 2052
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
12:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1599
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 | 263.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.46° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.03° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.