The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 1943
Waning Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
3:45 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 257
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.63° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.44° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.