The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1950
Waxing Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 338
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 78.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 28.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.49° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.54° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.