The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2107
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2286
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 97.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.31° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.36° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.