The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 1923
Waxing Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
12:56 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 4
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 | 83.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.27° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.49° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.