The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 1986
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
1:38 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 789
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 28.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.13° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.53° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.