The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2157
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
1:05 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2904
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 | 239.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 26.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.14° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.02° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.