The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 23, 1995
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
2:33 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 894
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 | 289.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 230.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.34° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.02° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.