The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 23, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
6:15 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1488
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 | 173.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -11.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.43° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.60° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.