The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1981
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
4:34 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 14.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.96° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.05° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.