The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
12:27 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 72
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 | 111.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.34° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.54° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.