The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
2:46 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1618
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.28° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.35° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.