The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2049
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
10:21 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1562
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.61° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.18° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.