The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1995
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
5:50 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 900
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 180.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.94° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.44° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.