The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
6:56 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 851
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 | 169.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 350.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.62° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| 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.