The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2050
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1581
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 | 79.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 96.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.80° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.41° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.