The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
12:40 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1717
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 | 102.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.83° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.97° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.