The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
4:23 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 177
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 | 158.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -8.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.77° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.10° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.