The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
5:02 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 149.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 13.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.69° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.38° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.