The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
4:25 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 913
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 | 141.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 26.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.40° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.43° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.