The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
5:05 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -58
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 | 150.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 12.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.26° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.38° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.