The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2121
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
2:06 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2453
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.48° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.21° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.