The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2181
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
8:50 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3201
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 | 192.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 324.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 14.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.67° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.40° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.