The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 2046
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1531
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 273.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.29° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.62° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.