The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 23, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
2:23 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 208
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 | 128.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.36° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.29° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.