The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 1965
Waning Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
10:20 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 523
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.61° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.29° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.