The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 1902
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
5:36 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -256
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 11:59 AM, is deepest at 1:52 PM and ends at 3:45 PM. Totality lasts from 1:09 PM to 2:35 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 346.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -12.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.78° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.