The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 2086
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
8:06 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2026
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 335.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.33° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.