The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2144
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2737
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.30° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.63° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.