The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 1938
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
12:41 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 189
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 | 279.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.50° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.32° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.