The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2003
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
5:58 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 999
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 | 334.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 185.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.96° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.97° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.