The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 2011
Waning Gibbous
74.4% 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
12:43 AM
10:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1092
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -22.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.12° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.57° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.