The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1921
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
12:11 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -15
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 | 250.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.49° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.28° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.