The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1973
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 622
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 | 236.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.11° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.68° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.