The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 2087
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2032
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.92° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.60° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.