The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1924
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
2:48 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 22
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.68° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.34° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.