The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 1913
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -114
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 | 279.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.33° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.09° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| 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.