The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 1903
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
2:27 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -244
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -7.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.56° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.61° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.