The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
2:03 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 117.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -17.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.86° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.62° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.