The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2172
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
7:01 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3083
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 167.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.32° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.49° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.