The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
2:59 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 109
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 | 138.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.56° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.86° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.