The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2068
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
5:15 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1803
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 191.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.68° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.73° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.