The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1900
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
11:55 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
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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 | 271.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.41° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.72° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.