The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2044
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
7:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1507
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 143.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.92° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.43° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.