The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
12:36 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1111
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 | 96.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.22° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.85° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.