The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1936
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
11:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 171
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 | 80.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.33° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.33° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.