The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 23, 2076
Waning Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
9:50 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1896
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.16° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.57° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.