The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 2115
Waxing Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
9:47 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2385
Events on this date
-
Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 118.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -26.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.58° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.02° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.