The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 1968
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
2:36 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 560
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 | 304.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 226.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.52° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.39° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.