The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 2075
Waxing Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
2:10 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1884
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 62.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.58° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.18° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.