The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1955
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
11:45 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 406
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 | 75.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.32° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.23° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.