The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
3:12 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 944
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 | 100.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.81° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.00° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| 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.