The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 1927
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 53
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 | 242.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -23.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.47° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.67° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.71° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.