The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 23, 2009
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
7:03 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
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Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 174.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.51° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.63° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.