The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
1:53 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 709
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 | 96.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.33° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.28° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.