The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2085
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
10:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2014
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 | 59.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.02° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.72° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.