The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2043
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
1:05 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1494
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 | 237.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 28.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.12° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.59° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.