The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1922
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
3:12 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -9
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 228.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.93° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.44° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.