The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 2192
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
4:41 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3331
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 32.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.13° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.70° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.