The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2172
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
10:36 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3090
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 | 67.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.93° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.61° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.