The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
4:48 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 783
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 23.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -0.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.25° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.45° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.