The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1916
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -83
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 | 240.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.66° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.49° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.