The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 23, 2079
Waning Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
11:40 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1933
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -26.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.56° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.40° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.