The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 1951
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
6:25 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 350
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.73° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.10° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.