The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1906
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
10:58 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -200
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 | 78.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -20.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.22° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.38° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.