The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
4:30 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 647
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 | 136.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 29.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / -0.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.50° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.36° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.