The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
1:51 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2422
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 | 114.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -15.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.12° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.77° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.