The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 2169
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
2:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3046
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.77° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.33° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.