The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 2074
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
8:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1878
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -16.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.50° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.37° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.