The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
3:09 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1080
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.29° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.78° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.