The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
3:35 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1061
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.52° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.21° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.