The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2028
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
10:19 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1309
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 114.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -24.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.08° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.32° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.12° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.