The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 1953
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
8:18 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 381
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 340.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 21.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.46° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.02° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.