The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
4:05 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 151.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.61° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.49° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.