The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 23, 2017
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
9:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1173
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 | 43.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.06° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.37° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.