The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2071
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
6:40 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1840
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 | 353.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 161.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.60° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.49° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.