The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2016
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
3:09 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 280.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.22° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.76° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.