The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
4:28 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1853
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 | 142.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 25.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.50° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.41° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.