The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 1901
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
11:47 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.61° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.41° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.