The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 2046
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1525
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 | 218.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.54° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.