The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2000
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
4:36 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 962
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 | 300.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.07° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.85° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.