The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 2150
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
3:04 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2811
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.38° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.73° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.