The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1994
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
11:30 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 888
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 | 224.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.01° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.92° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.