The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1995
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
1:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 894
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 | 276.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.82° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.82° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.