The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
3:05 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.43° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.78° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.