The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1971
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
9:08 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 604
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 | 47.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 124.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.54° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.32° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.