The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 307
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 | 97.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -23.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.62° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.09° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.