The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1940
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
6:49 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 214
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 | 200.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 305.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.13° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.88° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.