The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 2052
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
1:19 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1599
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.10° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.22° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.24° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.