The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1998
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
8:21 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 938
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 | 24.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 132.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -13.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.42° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.38° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.