The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 2101
Waning Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
1:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2205
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 | 282.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 229.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.65° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.68° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.