The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 22, 2109
Waning Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
1:25 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2304
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 236.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -14.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.26° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.25° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.