The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
4:51 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1989
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 | 146.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / 1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.61° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.37° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.