The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% 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
4:32 PM
2:36 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1952
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 | 121.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.14° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.99° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.