The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1937
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
11:07 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 183
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 | 232.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 307.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.28° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.21° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.