The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 2010
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
8:30 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 186.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.99° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.75° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.