The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1962
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
7:35 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 486
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 | 210.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.93° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.32° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.