The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 2066
Waxing Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
9:24 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1779
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 122.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.21° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.72° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.