The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1903
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
7:22 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -237
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 146.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.87° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.70° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.