The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 21, 2022
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
10:19 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1228
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -26.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.28° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.80° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.