The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 1922
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
2:16 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -9
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 235.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.14° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.22° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.