The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
1:57 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 113.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -11.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.11° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.95° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.