The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
1:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 876
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 | 104.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.15° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.46° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.