The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2044
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
7:55 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1507
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 | 31.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 135.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -25.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.47° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.22° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.