The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
3:09 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2255
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 | 105.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.01° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.55° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.17° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.