The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 2007
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
2:36 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1043
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 | 82.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 24.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.88° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.41° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.63° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.