The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2155
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
5:22 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2879
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 | 328.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 196.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 0.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.39° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.84° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.