The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
3:58 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 41
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 42.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.41° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.47° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.