The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2138
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
1:36 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2669
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 | 246.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 26.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.75° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.39° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.