The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1991
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
8:06 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 851
Events on this date
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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 | 182.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 337.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.35° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 6.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.