The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 1976
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
2:14 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 659
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 | 297.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.29° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.95° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.