The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
1:00 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 106.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.87° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.79° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.