The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% 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
5:09 PM
4:40 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -58
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 25.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.39° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.56° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.