The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 1970
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
3:46 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 286.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.77° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.79° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.