The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2150
Waning Crescent
35.5% 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
3:55 AM
2:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2811
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 | 287.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 224.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.63° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.52° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.