The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 2071
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
7:17 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1841
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 148.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -10.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.18° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.30° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| 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.