The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1916
Waning Crescent
17.9% 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
2:27 AM
3:25 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -77
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 | 310.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.15° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.98° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.