The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
5:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2329
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 | 150.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 4.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 2.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.75° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.48° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.