The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
6:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2564
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 | 158.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 354.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.46° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.70° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.