The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
5:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1216
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 | 131.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.55° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.17° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.