The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2111
Waning Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
1:13 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2335
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.17° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.03° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.