The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Waning Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
5:55 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 194.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / 4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.40° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.