The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 2077
Waxing Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
10:25 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1915
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.74° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.25° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.