The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
5:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 151.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 9.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.94° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.58° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.