The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
6:08 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1135
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 172.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -6.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.75° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.26° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.