The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 2068
Waning Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1797
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.32° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.81° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.