The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2022
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
5:39 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1234
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 199.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 5.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.93° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.56° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.