The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1228
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.32° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.45° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.