The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2098
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
6:13 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2174
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 168.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.49° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.84° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.