The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 2077
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
11:25 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1915
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 105.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.64° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.06° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.