The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1968
Waning Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
3:39 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 220.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.00° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.61° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.