The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1929
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
12:46 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 84
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.10° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.82° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.