The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
4:48 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2057
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 | 139.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 23.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 1.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.70° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.94° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.