The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
6:27 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3065
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 | 166.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 349.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.68° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.95° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.