The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
5:22 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 276
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 18.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 7.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.95° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.19° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.