The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1913
Last Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
1:59 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -114
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.60° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.91° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.