The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 2006
Waning Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
2:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1030
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 222.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -17.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.39° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.29° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.