The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 23, 1905
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
3:08 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -213
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 | 296.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.50° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.73° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.