The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
4:37 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 138.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 26.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / -0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.27° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.76° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.