The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 1902
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
1:11 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -250
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.10° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.64° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.