The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2009
Waxing Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
9:38 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1074
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 | 53.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.56° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.91° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.