The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2038
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1426
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 | 225.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.69° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.78° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.