The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 2077
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
7:12 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1908
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 | 345.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 163.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.55° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.87° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.