The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 1954
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
8:09 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 387
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 | 229.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.21° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.91° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.