The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 2147
Waning Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
11:09 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2774
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 | 249.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.54° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.49° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| 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.