The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
5:10 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1686
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 | 133.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 23.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.02° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.77° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.