The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2039
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
11:48 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1445
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 | 79.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.35° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.68° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.