The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 1971
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
5:53 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 597
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 204.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.41° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.52° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.