The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
5:41 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3133
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 346.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -11.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.99° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.54° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.