The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 23, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
3:01 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 375
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 | 119.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 8.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.52° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.27° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.