The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
1:42 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1111
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 | 108.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.60° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.67° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.