The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Waning Crescent
37.5% 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
12:58 AM
3:50 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 284.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.64° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.46° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.