The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1908
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
4:56 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -176
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 | 330.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 213.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.64° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.64° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.