The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
4:54 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1587
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 20.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / -1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.26° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.35° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| 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.