The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 1926
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
8:16 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 47
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 13.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.86° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.66° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.