The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1978
Waning Gibbous
62.8% 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
11:51 PM
1:32 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 255.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.12° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.98° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.