The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1975
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
10:06 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 207.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 314.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.97° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.99° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.