The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2054
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
1:24 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.00° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.01° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.