The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
3:45 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1618
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 | 133.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.66° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.19° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.