The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
7:05 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 245
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 339.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.65° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.84° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 213.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.