The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2076
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
8:21 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1896
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 | 210.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.44° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.21° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.