The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
3:36 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -27
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 | 131.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.08° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.44° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| 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.