The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
6:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 480
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 352.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 1.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.43° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.20° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.