The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
12:38 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 641
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 | 96.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.27° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.25° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.