The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 2040
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
10:24 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1457
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 | 210.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.01° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.74° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.