The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 23, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
5:49 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2898
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.94° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.14° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.