The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2183
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3226
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 | 81.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.34° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.14° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.