The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 2001
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
8:27 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 969
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 138.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.84° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.70° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 336.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.