The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 2071
Last Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
1:00 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1834
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.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -14.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.07° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.84° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.