The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
4:28 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2762
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 32.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.52° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.69° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| 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.