The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1997
Waning Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 925
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 | 263.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.19° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.78° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.