The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 2108
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
10:08 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2298
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 309.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 15.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.16° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.23° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.