The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 1966
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
10:35 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 536
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 | 33.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.83° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.64° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.