The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2132
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
6:20 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2595
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 349.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 2.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.35° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.39° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.