The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2163
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
4:22 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2978
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 | 308.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 226.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.31° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.16° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.