The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
3:58 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 109
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 36.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.36° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.70° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.