The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 2073
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
7:24 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1859
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 | 188.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 306.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.43° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.41° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.