The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 1938
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
11:43 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 189
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.41° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.11° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.