The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
5:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -157
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 0.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.44° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.30° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.