The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2048
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
8:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1556
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 | 190.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 330.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.31° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.