The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2158
New Moon
0.3% 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
8:19 AM
6:33 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2917
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 | 4.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 156.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.92° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.21° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 337.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.