The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2006
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
6:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 154.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.06° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.06° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 325.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.