The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2183
Waxing Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
11:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3226
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.15° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.33° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| 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.