The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1911
Waning Crescent
40.9% 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
2:46 AM
12:18 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -145
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 | 280.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.09° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.95° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.