The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 2103
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2236
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.53° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.64° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.