The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
4:39 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 10
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 | 157.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 23.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 0.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.74° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.28° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.