The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
3:11 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1179
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 | 99.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.37° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.20° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.