The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1987
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
6:32 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 801
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 159.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.97° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.87° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 26.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.