The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
5:57 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2193
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 337.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.04° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.37° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.