The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 1954
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 387
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.52° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.09° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| 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.