The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
2:16 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 140
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 | 98.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.78° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.25° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.