The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
3:51 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 845
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 | 117.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.29° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.39° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.