The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 1960
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
5:14 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 461
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 205.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.87° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.28° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.