The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 23, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
3:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1550
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.55° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.98° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.