The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 2053
Waxing Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
11:41 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1612
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.07° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.10° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.