The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 23, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
3:09 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1649
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 | 97.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.52° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.59° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.