The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2073
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
1:33 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1865
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.94° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.44° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.80° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.