The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 23, 1978
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
6:09 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 684
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 329.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -12.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.22° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.33° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| 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.