The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 2022
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
5:16 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1234
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 11.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.21° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.36° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.