The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
5:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -225
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 3.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.52° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.