The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 1962
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
8:14 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 486
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.73° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.50° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.