The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% 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
4:10 PM
1:34 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1952
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 | 111.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.21° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.16° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| 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.