The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 1920
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 51.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.71° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.12° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.