The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1918
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
12:10 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -52
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 | 232.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.50° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.90° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.