The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 23, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
5:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 548
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 4.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -7.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.59° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.07° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.