The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
6:48 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1655
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 342.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.88° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.41° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 218.2° |
| 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.