The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 2101
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
3:55 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2205
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.70° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.10° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.