The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 1914
Waxing Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
9:10 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -101
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 | 61.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -27.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.23° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.03° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| 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.