The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
4:51 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2459
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 | 146.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 20.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.54° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.78° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.