The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 23, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
5:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1587
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 5.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.06° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.17° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.