The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 2117
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
10:12 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2403
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 | 245.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.12° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.44° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.