The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1960
Waxing Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
8:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 468
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 | 28.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 130.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.47° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.79° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.