The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1901
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.55° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.19° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.