The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 2118
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
9:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2416
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 123.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.84° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.79° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.