The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1940
Waning Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
12:14 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 220
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 | 251.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.45° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.08° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.