The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
2:25 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 287.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.17° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.85° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.