The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 2021
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
9:41 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1222
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 | 202.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.10° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.96° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.