The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2079
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
5:49 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1939
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 | 335.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.9° / 185.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -0.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.73° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.80° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.