The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2166
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
6:27 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3015
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 170.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.41° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.11° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.