The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 1943
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
9:13 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 251
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 | 221.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.20° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.20° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.