The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2166
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
6:55 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3015
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 157.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.27° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.32° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 159.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.