The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
2:13 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3028
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 | 117.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.03° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.91° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.