The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1928
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
10:40 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 66
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.3° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 21.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.37° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.27° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.