The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
2:37 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3195
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 58.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.91° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.12° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.