The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 2054
Last Quarter
55.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.74° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.18° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.