The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2059
Waning Gibbous
96.5% 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
7:49 PM
9:37 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1692
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 | 201.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.94° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.39° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.