The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 2016
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
7:11 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1154
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -10.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.75° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.