The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 2057
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1661
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 | 224.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -21.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.64° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.58° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.