The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1940
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
12:59 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 220
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 | 263.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.46° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.67° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.25° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.