The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 1998
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
3:54 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 213.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.88° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.94° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.