The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Waning Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.38° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.15° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.