The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1953
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
6:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 381
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 354.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.41° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 5.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.