The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 23, 1995
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
6:27 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 900
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 | 353.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 164.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -9.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.86° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.65° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.