The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 1960
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
4:13 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 461
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 | 322.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 217.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.91° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.06° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.