The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
3:41 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1080
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 | 115.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 8.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.56° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.59° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.