The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
1:27 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 208
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -8.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.50° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.46° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.