The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 245
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 | 162.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 354.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.65° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.00° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.