The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 1997
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
6:47 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 919
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.9° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.36° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.45° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 334.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.