The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Last Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
1:17 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1129
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.94° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.64° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.