The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 2104
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
4:33 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2242
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 212.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.21° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.77° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.