The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 2046
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
7:30 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1525
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 | 205.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.55° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.18° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.