The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 23, 1992
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
11:37 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 857
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.28° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.15° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.