The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 162.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 353.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.18° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.40° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.