The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 1924
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
8:20 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 16
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.19° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.89° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.