The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2169
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
8:26 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3053
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 131.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.18° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.74° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.