The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 23, 2123
Waxing Crescent
16.2% 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
11:49 AM
9:28 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2484
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.07° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.49° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.