The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 2020
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
7:59 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1203
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 146.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 6.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.21° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.88° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 22.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.