The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
5:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1958
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 | 156.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 0.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -4.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.46° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.34° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.