The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2136
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
5:39 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2644
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 185.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -3.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.56° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.23° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.