The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 2198
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
7:08 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3405
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.31° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.04° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.