The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
5:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2663
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 353.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -8.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.33° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.93° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.