The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 1917
Waxing Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
10:57 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -64
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 | 78.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 108.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.24° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.14° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.