The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 2085
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
9:22 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2014
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 122.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.73° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.92° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.