The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 2166
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
12:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3009
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.07° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.93° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.48° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.