The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
4:28 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 135.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.92° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.55° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.