The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1938
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
5:14 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 195
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 | 351.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 185.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.57° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.74° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.