The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2001
First Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 97.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.25° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.08° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| 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.