The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 1954
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
3:33 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 315.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 233.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.11° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.40° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.