The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2092
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
2:47 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2100
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.13° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.77° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.