The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
5:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1723
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 | 155.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 0.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.41° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.14° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.