The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1996
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
12:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 907
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.80° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.86° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.