The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2196
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
7:55 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3387
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 137.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -22.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.73° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.38° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.