The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2175
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3127
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 96.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.01° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.70° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.