The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 22, 2007
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
1:48 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1043
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 | 70.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 27.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.65° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.34° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.84° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.