The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 1921
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
5:55 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -21
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 1:02 AM, is deepest at 2:44 AM and ends at 4:25 AM. Totality lasts from 2:23 AM to 3:05 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 334.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.75° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.10° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.