The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 2096
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
8:29 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2143
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.54° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.91° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 356.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.