The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 1908
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
10:19 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -182
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -23.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.90° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.10° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.