The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 23, 2020
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
8:58 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1204
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 129.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 11.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.18° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.88° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.