The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 1957
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
12:33 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 424
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 | 278.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -12.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.51° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.92° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.