The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
4:36 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 22.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.25° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.19° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.