The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 23, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
1:58 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 474
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.96° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.87° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.