The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 2011
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
11:20 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1092
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 | 253.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.24° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.76° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.