The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1979
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
8:40 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 703
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 | 29.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 129.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.38° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.98° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| 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.