The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 1971
Waxing Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
8:19 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 604
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 131.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.30° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.53° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.