The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 2120
Waning Crescent
41.0% 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
3:23 AM
1:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2440
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 | 280.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 230.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.36° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.50° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.