The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 2189
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
7:07 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3300
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 | 173.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 341.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 7.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.49° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.18° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.