The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
1:34 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1012
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 | 112.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 72.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.39° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.22° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.