The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
2:06 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -4.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.90° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.73° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.