The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
4:54 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 276
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 | 127.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 28.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.01° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.37° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.