The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 1955
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
7:54 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 400
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 160.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.07° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.37° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 191.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.