The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 1915
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
6:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -89
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 1.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.75° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.70° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.