The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1946
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
10:33 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 288
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.33° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.70° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.