The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
5:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 78
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 | 166.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 7.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.13° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.69° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.