The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
7:26 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 204.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -24.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.46° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.79° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.