The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 23, 2015
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
12:32 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 63.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.28° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.26° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.