The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
3:16 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 913
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -6.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.12° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.58° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.