The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
6:15 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1018
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 | 170.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.5° / 334.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.19° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.