The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1949
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
6:43 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 332
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 | 25.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -22.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.59° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.55° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.