The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2036
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
10:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1408
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 | 52.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.96° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.56° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.