The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 23, 1905
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
9:12 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -219
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.40° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.26° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.