The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1963
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
7:14 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 166.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.74° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.20° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 1.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.