The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 2076
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1896
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 | 222.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -21.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.24° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.39° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.