The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
2:37 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 375
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 | 108.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.71° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.46° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.