The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 21, 2171
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
7:35 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3071
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.48° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.67° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.