The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
4:57 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -225
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 | 160.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 19.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.50° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.90° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.