The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
5:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 172.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 357.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.60° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.66° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.