The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 2092
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
7:23 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2094
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.54° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.21° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| 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.