The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
1:01 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.20° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.89° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.