The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2005
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
2:19 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 254.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.04° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.33° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.