The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1973
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
5:06 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 628
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 | 330.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 194.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.30° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.90° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.