The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1946
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
5:26 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 294
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.9° / 191.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.09° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.27° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.