The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2016
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.01° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.58° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.