The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
6:32 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1228
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 343.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -1.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.01° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.22° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.9° |
| 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.