The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 1976
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
6:23 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 665
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 165.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -9.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.60° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.84° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.