The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1926
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
9:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 47
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 | 213.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.01° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.81° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.