The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 2079
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
10:41 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1933
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 | 250.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.47° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.20° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.