The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 2038
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
3:56 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1432
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 | 285.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.13° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.25° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.