The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 1982
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
10:40 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 740
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.64° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.07° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.