The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 2032
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
12:40 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1358
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.98° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.51° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.