The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 2095
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2131
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.95° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.19° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.