The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1957
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
1:30 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.39° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.13° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.