The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 1959
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 455
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 | 256.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.27° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.36° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.