The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 2109
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
6:07 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2310
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -1.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.84° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.88° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.