The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2104
Waxing Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
8:49 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2249
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 127.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.67° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.30° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.