The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2022
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
6:01 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1234
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 | 337.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.97° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.77° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.