The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
12:07 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1123
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 | 233.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.22° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.71° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.