The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2039
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
10:42 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1445
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 | 66.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.14° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.87° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.