The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 1992
Waning Crescent
6.8% 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
5:15 AM
5:06 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 863
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 194.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.82° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.70° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.