The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 1980
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
7:17 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 715
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 336.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.49° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.26° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 191.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.