The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1938
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
5:50 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 196
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 170.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.84° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.95° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.