The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 2038
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
10:06 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1426
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 | 238.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.77° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.96° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.