The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1932
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 121
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 | 281.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.75° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.88° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.