The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 1997
Last Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
2:48 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 925
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.54° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.96° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.