The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 23, 1959
Full Moon
99.6% 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
8:07 PM
6:06 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 449
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 329.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.77° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.51° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.