The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
4:56 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1284
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 17.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / 1.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.82° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.39° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.