The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
3:07 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 443
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 | 125.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.41° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.19° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.