The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 2181
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
7:50 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3201
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 7:35 AM, is deepest at 9:28 AM and ends at 11:22 AM. Totality lasts from 8:37 AM to 10:19 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 335.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 11.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.96° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.