The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
3:35 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 746
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 | 120.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.85° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.47° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.