The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 2136
Waning Gibbous
68.3% 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
1:43 AM
10:27 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2638
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 | 248.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -28.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.53° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.24° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| 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.