The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
1:40 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -231
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.71° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.09° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.