The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1907
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
8:57 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -188
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 324.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.03° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.02° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.