The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
11:17 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1123
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 | 222.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 302.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.15° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.54° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| 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.