The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 2022
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
11:25 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1228
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 239.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -26.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.58° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.99° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.