The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 2079
Waning Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
9:48 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1933
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 | 239.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.54° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.01° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.