The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1951
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 356
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 | 277.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.24° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.50° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.