The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 2155
Waning Gibbous
79.8% 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
12:27 AM
9:14 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2873
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -28.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.77° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.88° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| 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.