The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 1979
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
8:01 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 137.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.65° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.19° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.