The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 2019
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
9:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.40° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.97° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| 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.