The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 1979
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
4:13 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 696
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 217.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -2.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.31° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.88° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.