The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2017
Waxing Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
8:49 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1173
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 | 32.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 127.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.05° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.57° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.