The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2031
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1346
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.47° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.22° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.