The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1959
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
12:53 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 455
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 | 245.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.28° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.19° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.