The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 23, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
4:36 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 344
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 | 155.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.93° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.