The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 23, 1989
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
7:37 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 820
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 | 208.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -25.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.72° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.19° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.