The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 2104
Waning Crescent
8.5% 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
4:54 AM
5:48 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2242
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 197.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.11° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.00° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.