The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2146
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
11:25 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2768
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.08° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.80° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.