The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 2060
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
6:23 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1704
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 164.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.17° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.41° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.