The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
4:57 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3164
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 | 146.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.73° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.54° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.