The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 2009
Waxing Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
10:35 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1074
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 | 64.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 112.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.70° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.72° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.