The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1982
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
11:31 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 740
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.44° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.87° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.