The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 2165
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
10:57 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3003
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 302.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.89° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.44° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.