The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 2047
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
7:14 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1537
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 170.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.80° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.02° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.