The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2060
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
11:10 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1698
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.58° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.31° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.62° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| 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.