The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1142
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.15° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.48° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.