The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 2000
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 956
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 | 224.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.70° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.37° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.