The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
2:48 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1012
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -13.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.16° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.05° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.