The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
12:37 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2521
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 82.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -13.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.15° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.20° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.38° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.