The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
8:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1055
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.34° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.97° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.