The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
6:03 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1253
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 | 165.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 344.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.28° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.36° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.