The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1974
First Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -17.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.37° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.43° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.