The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 72
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 | 99.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 96.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.55° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.71° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.