The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 2180
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
6:30 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3182
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 183.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.67° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.04° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.