The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1905
Waning Gibbous
86.2% 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
11:00 PM
8:20 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -219
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.40° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.08° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.