The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
6:42 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1624
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 | 173.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 329.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.31° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.56° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.