The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
5:04 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 647
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 11.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.27° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.19° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.