The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 2152
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2836
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.68° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.20° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.