The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
5:11 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -157
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 15.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.58° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.47° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.