The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2141
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
2:42 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2706
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.50° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.25° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.