The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1905
Waning Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
2:27 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -213
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 | 284.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.89° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.86° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.53° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.