The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 23, 2051
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
12:03 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1593
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 | 233.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 294.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.02° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.14° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.