The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1957
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
6:21 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 165.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -10.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.69° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.05° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.