The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 2120
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
6:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2447
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.21° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.64° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 359.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.