The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 1912
Waxing Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
12:34 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -132
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 28.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.17° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.94° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.