The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
11:29 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 993
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 | 259.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 239.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.67° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.20° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.