The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
2:32 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 709
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 | 107.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.44° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.08° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.