The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 23, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
1:19 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1247
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 75.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.07° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.40° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.