The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 1993
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
9:19 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 7.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.8° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.12° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.25° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.