The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 2066
Waxing Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
10:31 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1779
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 | 60.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -23.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.53° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.52° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.