The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 1943
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
8:28 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 251
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 | 208.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.04° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.03° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.