The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1990
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
5:35 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 832
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 | 324.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 198.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.98° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.60° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.