The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1984
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
6:29 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 764
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 167.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -4.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.58° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.40° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.