The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1900
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
5:35 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -274
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 174.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.45° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.46° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 350.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.