The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1930
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 AM
6:06 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 97
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 164.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.11° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.56° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.