The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
3:23 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.87° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.34° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.