The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2004
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
11:43 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 34.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.36° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.76° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.