The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1983
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
8:22 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 752
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 | 188.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 325.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.60° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.41° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.