The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
3:33 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 344
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 | 144.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 42.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -3.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.29° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / 1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.08° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.