The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 1914
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
4:54 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -108
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune 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 | 330.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 212.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 2.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.10° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.