The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 23, 1961
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
7:18 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 480
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 336.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.93° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.05° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 194.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.