The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1990
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
9:44 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 839
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 | 55.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 119.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -26.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.06° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.52° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.