The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 2185
Last Quarter
53.7% 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
2:18 AM
12:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3244
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.99° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.28° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.