The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
5:14 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1822
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 | 149.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 11.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.30° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.58° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.