The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
12:03 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1247
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.82° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.57° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.