The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
4:26 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 678
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 | 141.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 26.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -1.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.65° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.24° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.