The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 22, 2044
Waning Crescent
29.3% 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
4:10 AM
2:47 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1500
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 221.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.80° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.89° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.