The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2011
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
3:59 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 301.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.78° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.10° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.