The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
5:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 313
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 | 168.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 3.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -6.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.30° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.89° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.