The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 1919
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 AM
6:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -40
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 160.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.06° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.63° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.