The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 2150
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
8:44 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2818
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.96° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.34° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.