The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2161
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
9:49 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2954
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° 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 | 49.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 118.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.50° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.06° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.