The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1979
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
3:04 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 696
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.94° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.65° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.