The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 2030
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
11:37 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1327
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.46° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.56° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.