The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 1949
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
3:01 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 325
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 | 309.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 223.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.79° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.80° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.