The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
4:35 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1519
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 24.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.72° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.76° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.