The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1933
Waxing Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
8:00 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 134
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 135.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -27.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.93° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.43° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.