The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
3:11 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1550
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 | 104.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.60° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.17° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| 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.